---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:142"
article_number: "142"
status: active
heading: "Modification or termination of child support award"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title V › Chapter 2 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108776"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1993, No. 261, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 2001, No. 1082, §2."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1993
    act_number: 261
    section: 6
    effective_date: 1994-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2001
    act_number: 1082
    section: 2
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 142. Modification or termination of child support award

An award of child support may be modified if the circumstances of the child or of either parent materially change and shall be terminated upon proof that it has become unnecessary.